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Farndale Road, SUTTON-IN-ASHFIELD, NG17 4NG

  This southerly facing photograph is of the Skegby Trail at a point where the old trackbed approaches the end of a fairly steep gradient rising through a deep cutting. To see a photograph of the trail taken some 270m ahead and looking back in this direction, click here:- Image For a photograph of the trail taken some 200m behind the viewpoint, click here:- Image - - - The Skegby Trail was built on the track bed of the former Great Northern Railway's Leen Valley Extensions branch line running between Shirebrook and Kirkby-in-Ashfield. This line gave the company access to local collieries including those at Pleasley and Shirebrook.

  This northerly facing photograph is of the Skegby Trail at a point where the old trackbed descends through a fairly steep gradient in quite a deep cutting. To see a photograph of the trail taken a short distance beyond the curve ahead and looking back in this direction, click here:- Image To see a photograph of the trail taken some 200m behind the viewpoint, click here:- Image - - - The Skegby Trail was built on the track bed of the former Great Northern Railway's Leen Valley Extensions branch line running between Shirebrook and Kirkby-in-Ashfield. This line gave the company access to local collieries including those at Pleasley and Shirebrook.

  This public footpath runs from the Image at a point close to Quarrydale Avenue (behind the viewpoint) to Mansfield Road, Skegby (ahead). For a photograph of the footpath taken some 350m ahead, click here Image Another public footpath runs by the hedge on the right.

Just off the main road running through Skegby is this area of woodland, streams and springs.

  This southerly facing photograph is of the Skegby Trail at a point where it rises through a fairly steep gradient in quite a deep cutting. To see a photograph of the trail taken a short distance beyond the curve ahead and looking back in this direction, click here:- Image To see another photograph of the trail taken a short distance behind the viewpoint, click here:- Image - - - The Skegby Trail was built on the track bed of the former Great Northern Railway's Leen Valley Extensions branch line running between Shirebrook and Kirkby-in-Ashfield. This line gave the company access to local collieries including those at Pleasley and Shirebrook.

  This northerly facing photograph is of the Skegby Trail at a point where it is crossed by a Image to Mansfield Road, Skegby (on the left) from Quarrydale Avenue (on the immediate right) . Along the trail, just beyond the barrier ahead, the route begins to descend through a fairly steep gradient in quite a deep cutting. To see a photograph of the trail taken some 270m ahead and looking back in this direction, click here:- Image Some 370m behind the viewpoint the Image crosses Stoneyford Road. - - - The Skegby Trail was built on the track bed of the former Great Northern Railway's Leen Valley Extensions branch line running between Shirebrook and Kirkby-in-Ashfield. This line gave the company access to local collieries including those at Pleasley and Shirebrook.

  This public footpath runs from the Skegby Trail at a point close to Quarrydale Avenue (behind the viewpoint) to Mansfield Road, Skegby (ahead). A few metres ahead a gate on the left leads to a small wooded area with a Image Just beyond the gate the Image continues toward Mansfield Road. For a photograph of the footpath taken some 350m behind the viewpoint, click here Image